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Sunday, 13 September 2015

52CCT - Colour ....

.... Morning. I'm sharing the first card that I made for this week's colour challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown. Fabiola picked the colours - RED, WHITE and ANOTHER colour, but NOT green. Sadly, I didn't read the instructions properly and I have a touch of honey behind the snowman, and worse, I've got the tiniest hint of green! But I'm really pleased how it turned out. However, it didn't follow the rules, so I made another card and that's the one you saw yesterday. This is the first card:

I'm playing along with the current CASE-ing Christmas Challenge - CCC#29, Jingle Belles - JB:15:19 and Shopping our Stash - SOS/JB. I decided to use a snowman stamp that I've had for years made by Chocolate Baroque (and sadly discontinued). I die cut a rectangle, stamped the image and coloured it with Copic markers - making the hat bold red, black and blue. I added a touch of colour to the staff, star and snowman. I masked the snowman and created the hills by tearing paper and sponging on colour. I made a sunset sky by adding a touch of honey, warm red and dark blue distress inks. I used my clear Wink of Stella all over the snowman to give him a subtle shimmer and used glitter on the falling snowflakes. I layered the finished image on blue design paper and white card. I cut a piece of red design paper slightly smaller than the card and attached the snowman panel to the centre of the card. I finished the front with a simple sentiment. On the inside I cut a mat layer of blue design paper and on the white panel stamped a Christmas greeting along with a few more snowflakes.

I took a close up of the snowman where you can just about see the shimmer on his body - no sun here today, so the sparkle isn't showing up much!

We had a fun day out yesterday - at a photo shoot up in Pontiac. I took loads of photos - as always - photos to follow. Yesterday evening was the start of Kathryn's Birthday Week!! She had dinner with a group of friends - they had fun. We heard them, but enjoyed a quiet dinner at a table of our own :))) This was followed by a sleepover here. Why do they call it a Sleepover? The girls were chatting until quite late!! That's all for now - have a good day.

Deb, I love your snowman. His quirky little hat is adorable! You did a terrific job on your card with all the coloring and shading. Thanks for playing along with us at CASE-ing Christmas!Blessings,Belinda

So cute and fun with FABULOUS layers and papers to showcase your adorable snowman with!! Wonderful job and Thank you for joining us at CASE-ing Christmas - we are thrilled that you joined us - please join us again in October!!Taunya ButlerCASE-ing Christmas Design Teamhttp://daisiesgirl.com

I am soooo loving this card, Deb. That snowman in his funny little hat ... hilarious! LOVE IT! Thank you for joining our September challenge. We have started CASE-ing Christmas Challenge #30 . Link up by the 23rd and you’ll be entered into the Christmas in October random prize draw. Hope to see you again for our October challenge. hugs, Asha

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Hi! Thank you for stopping at my little bit of the Internet. I’m a Brit living in Michigan and loving it! Well, the winters are tough! But the summers - ah, they're great!
I’m married to my best friend, Jonathan, and we have two fantastic kids – Ben and Kat.
My passion for crafting has exploded since moving to the States, and I’m fortunate that Jonathan is very supportive, or perhaps that should be tolerant, of my crafting addiction! If I’m not in my craft room, then you might find me reading, taking photos, or simply spending time with my family.

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